Democrats Kill Amendment to Deny Relief Funding to Schools Partnering With Chinese Entities

Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Democrat lawmakers voted down an amendment to deny federal relief funding to educational institutions that partner with Chinese entities and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) affiliates.

The amendment to the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill was proposed by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Feb. 8, two weeks after President Joe Biden quietly nixed a proposed regulation that would have required colleges to disclose ties to Confucius Institutes, CCP-funded college partnerships that the Trump administration considered a part of Beijing’s influence network.